What were you listening to? (CLOSED)

[NJ Joe]

Daphnis et Chloe from this box.  Love this piece, this recording, and this box set.

[Mirror Image]

Daphnis et Chloe from this box.  Love this piece, this recording, and this box set.

Pounds the table! Incredible piece of music no doubt. It's certainly a work I've acquired many performances of (I own 26 recordings of the complete ballet). Martinon's is as fine as they come.

[NJ Joe]

Pounds the table! Incredible piece of music no doubt. It's certainly a work I've acquired many performances of (I own 26 recordings of the complete ballet). Martinon's is as fine as they come.

26 recordings? Wow! This is Ravel's finest hour, imho. I own two others besides this:  Munch/BSO and Boulez/BPO.  The Boulez/BPO performance holds a special place in my heart, a desert island disc.  Can you give me your top 5?

[Mirror Image]

26 recordings? Wow! This is Ravel's finest hour, imho. I own two others besides this:  Munch/BSO and Boulez/BPO.  The Boulez/BPO performance holds a special place in my heart, a desert island disc.  Can you give me your top 5?

Yeah, I really like this ballet. The Boulez on DG is one of my favorites too. The Munch is quite good but not a favorite. My top 5? Hmmm...it would probably look like this:

1. Dutoit/MSO
2. Boulez/BPO
3. Martinon/Orchestre de Paris
4. Monteux/LSO
5. Chung/Radio France Philharmonic

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By the way, my Daphnis et Chloe collection is small potatoes compared to my Le sacre du printemps collection. I own 41 of these.

[NJ Joe]

Yeah, I really like this ballet. The Boulez on DG is one of my favorites too. The Munch is quite good but not a favorite. My top 5? Hmmm...it would probably look like this:

1. Dutoit/MSO
2. Boulez/BPO
3. Martinon/Orchestre de Paris
4. Monteux/LSO
5. Chung/Radio France Philharmonic

Oh, I have the Dutoit/MSO too. 

I've read many positive things about the Monteux.

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Oh, I have the Dutoit/MSO too. 

I've read many positive things about the Monteux.

Monteux's performance is legendary. Of course, this should be expected from the man who premiered the work in 1912.

[listener]

Tudor church music by WEELKES and TALLIS
St. John's College, Cambridge    George Guestcond.
more church music, TELEMANN music for Hamburg (but not recorded there)
a couple of cantatas -"Wo soll ich fliehen" and "Allein Gottin der Höh' sei Ehr'
Karl Ristenpart conducting the Saar Radio Chamber Orchestra, Philippe Caillard Chorale
FALLA    El amor Brujo  BERLIOZ   Les Nuits d'été
Leontyne Price, sop.    Chicago Symphony Orch.,    Reiner, cond.

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Pulled out this Finzi recording on Naxos:

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Listening to the Cello Concerto. A fine work and performance. Tim Hugh acquits himself quite well here. He may not dig into the work as deeply as Yo Yo Ma (still my first choice for this concerto), but it's still compelling in every way. Great accompaniment from Howard Griffiths.

[PaulR]

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Concerto #1 for Piano and Trumpet and string Orchestra

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Listening to In the South. Exquisite music and performance.

[Conor71]

Britten: The Prince Of The Pagodas, Op. 57


Continuing through this new box and now listening to the ballet which occupies the last 2 Discs in the set - about halfway thorough the first Disc now. So far very colourful and interesting

[Fafner]

Good morning!

Bach - Brandenburg Concertos
Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini

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Again (and again and again...)   

[Christo]

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Gorgeous stuff, and a typically beautiful Lyrita recording.

It is. And I feel that all of conductor Nicholas Braithwaite's recordings that I know, happen to be very fine. Has he ever been given the credits, I wonder?

[Lisztianwagner]

Thumbs up! A great work. There's so much by Holst that remains underrated. One-hit wonder? I think not!

Absolutely. The Planets has always cast a shadow on the other Holst's works, which are very gorgeous though, beautifully atmospheric! I think Holst showed a great ability on orchestration and on creating impressive harmonic, poetical passes.

[Lisztianwagner]

Only Wagner today:

Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde

[mahler10th]

Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture
Szell - Cleveland Orchestra

Whilst relaxing in a peculiar fashion with BBC Radio 3 playing, I heard Mendelssohns Hebrides Overture played with such brilliant textures and fabulously controlled spacing that I had to turn it up to hear who was conducting and who the orchestra was.  It was an old recording, but by all the Gods it had sonic masterclass written all over it.   So whilst blubbering to myself that it was probably the most amazing Hebrides I've heard, the Radio announcer then told me it was Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Wow. I'm away to find it now...

[Willoughby earl of Itacarius]

CD 12 from this set.

Orlando Di Lasso.

Lagrime di San Petro. Part 1-3.

[Fafner]

Only Wagner today:

Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde

*swings the hammer*

[The new erato]

Mendelssohn
Hebrides Overture
Szell - Cleveland Orchestra

Whilst relaxing in a peculiar fashion with BBC Radio 3 playing, I heard Mendelssohns Hebrides Overture played with such brilliant textures and fabulously controlled spacing that I had to turn it up to hear who was conducting and who the orchestra was.  It was an old recording, but by all the Gods it had sonic masterclass written all over it.   So whilst blubbering to myself that it was probably the most amazing Hebrides I've heard, the Radio announcer then told me it was Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra.
Wow. I'm away to find it now...

Wait for the 49 CD box and hope it's in it.